Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer “JWO” discussion with the top three and why their research matters
Tipping points, landscape ecology and climate change
Kalema-Zikusoka, who was speaking at the 24th Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation “OGRC” Tipping Points webinar. The online seminar was held on the eve of South Africa’s Women’s Month and Kalema-Zikusoka’s overarching message to delegates was: “You are missing half the story and half the impact if you don’t involve women in conservation.”
What’s the big deal about nature? Experts say that if people can just hear it, feel it, live it, the answer would be obvious, and youngsters, in whose hands the future of nature rests, will get the message quickly.
Can tracking mouse footprints give clues to climate change? Yves Vanderhaeghen speaks to the founders of WildTrack, which is pioneering technology in South Africa to track small mammals so they can tell us about disruptions to ecosystems.
In the midst of political alliances with coal lobbyists, environmentalists are urging strategic voting and active citizenship to address the deepening climate crisis and stave off the collapse of natural systems.
The sacred Osun River in Nigeria has recorded the highest measured level of microplastics in a river in the world, and researchers are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.
The sacred Osun River in Nigeria has recorded the highest measured level of microplastics in a river in the world, and researchers are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.
A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores.
It’s not only misguided, it’s a bit rich, for the wealthy to pressure the poor to swallow the bitter medicine they are prescribing for the world’s climate change ills.
Nature talks, and listening in can tell scientists and conservationists what’s out there, and where it is.